After installing Baidu Antivirus, we did three things: verified that it played well with our existing tools (it did), updated its definitions (they were), and scanned our system. Baidu Antivirus offers Quick, Full, and Custom scans. The Quick scan is very fast, indeed; fast enough to scan at boot without slowing your PC much. Custom scans can include portable devices. The Full scan takes about as much time as other programs, and it finds more, too, though it returned a false positive on a firewire driver. But six others were smelly enough to toss on the safe side. We opened the Settings and clicked "Virus Scan," where we could select file types to scan and exclude, choose actions upon detection, and exclude or set size limits on archived files. Under Engine Options, we could set Low, Normal, and High detection levels to vary the impact of scans on system performance and also enable or disable Avira Engine with separate checkboxes for real-time protection and virus scan. We could also set options for some extra features, such as USB and Download Protection and Proactive Defense. Quarantine, Exclusion, and Log features all open from the main screen.

Baidu Antivirus 2013 impressed us with its speed and depth of coverage. It's a better choice for experienced users due to its options and because its deep scans can return false positives that beginners might overlook. We'll be watching Baidu's antivirus offering with interest!

Toolbox for adding features.
Easy protection toggles.
Multiple engines, baidu, baidu cloud, avira. I like the avira engine.
Fast scans
Light on system resources.
Themes
Easy quarantine
No ads telling you to pay
Lots of options to make it how you want.
It says "Free forever", (you will never have to pay)
Easy options for the detections after scans.
Tells you how many days it has been "protecting" or been installed on the computer.
Automatic Updates right when an AV defenition update is realeased.

Cons

Updating is a bit slow with multiple engines.
A few false positives, which is why a reccomend doing a full scan first to exclude any false positives.

Summary

This is a combination of all the features I like on antiviruses. No ads telling you to buy Pro, Internet Security, Premier, or anthing. I like the avira engine. And I like being able to schedule scans. Baidu is perfect.

I am not entirely convinced this product is as effective as the editors reviewed. I have two PCs and somehow my thumb drive got infected by a virus which Baidu did not detect. The other PC had Microsoft Security Essentials which removed two infections. "Or so it reported". Will continue to monitor this program as it seems very light on resources which is a plus.

It's almost redundant to go through the list again. Seems like Cnet & reviewers got all the good stuff down already. I just would like to add that I agree and it is on a very short list of AVs for me. I really like the USB and HIPS features allot.

Cons

My only complaint is that I couldn't for the life of me find a way to turn of antivirus protection and spyware protection both. I already have a great antivirus with built in firewall & only wanted the HIPS.

Summary

This is really a nice piece of software & my cons are very specific to my situation. I think this is a very nice program and very effective, easy to use, and well worth a look at! With a little improvement in features and customability, Baidu would easily be my favorite.

- Some reports of false positives- Does NOT have "scheduled scanning" function for programmed scans.

Summary

Overall, Baidu Antivirus (BAV)is a good malware protection system. Does NOT conflict with most of the Antivirus softwares. For instance, I run "BAV" along with "KingSoft Antivirus" with no problems. Simple, easy install and use, with user-friendly interface. I am using version 4.0.3.56062 which still needs some improvement and scheduled scanning option. I assume that BAV will make additions/improvements in the future. I highly recommend BAV to anyone looking for an antivirus system as another layer of security.

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